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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
The increased synthesis of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is correlated with enhanced cell proliferation, and it has been suggested that rRNA metabolism may have a regulatory role in the progression of the cell cycle. Alternatively, it might be the ensuing more active protein synthesis that drives the cell cycle progression. We have found that treatment with low doses of cycloheximide dissociates rRNA and protein synthesis. In fact, after the addition of cycloheximide the protein synthesis rate is strongly inhibited, whereas the rate of rRNA synthesis is unaffected for some time. The progression of the cell cycle, monitored as analysis of DNA distribution by flow cytometry and as bud emergence, is quickly and largely inhibited, thus indicating that a sustained rRNA metabolism is not sufficient to allow continuous cycle progression. The effects of cycloheximide on the daughter and mother duplication times, on the mean cell volume, and on the volume at budding were also analyzed. The results suggest that protein synthesis, rather than rRNA synthesis, may have a key role in the control of cell cycle progression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
142
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Control of the yeast cell cycle by protein synthesis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't